Vancouver Stock Exchange

VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE was founded in 1907 by a group of local business people to raise financing for MINING ventures. Over the years it developed a reputation for shady promotions and lax regulation, at the same time launching many innovative and successful companies. During the 1980s in particular the VSE was plagued by a series of fraudulent manipulations, resulting in a 1993 provincial government investigation into the securities market and the subsequent implementation of new regulations...

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